Suspension Part 1: Design

In this episode, I summarize the design of the suspension. The car uses a lot of parts from an old VW Beetle which puts a limit on how good the vehicle dynamics may be in much the same way that a restrictor plate limits an engines performance. There are still some things which may be done to improve it and that's what will be covered. How to Build a Racing Car follows the design and construction of the FVT05, a car built for the Australian Formula Vee racing series. The introduction can be found at https://youtu.be/4gzjcimjfTQ. Support this project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thomsenmotorsport Partners: Intercad (http://intercad.com.au/) who provided Solidworks for this project. JKF Aero (https://jkfaero.com/) who assisted on the design of the bodywork and undertray. Also follow the project at: https://www.facebook.com/thomsenmotorsport https://twitter.com/ThomsenRacecar VW Beetle Picture: By Jeremy from Sydney, Australia (Volkswagen Beetle Herbie) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Music: Licenced from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)